[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 109 (Tuesday, September 6, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING AGOSTINO LOPORTO

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 6, 2005

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
acknowledge Mr. Agostino Loporto of Citrus County, Florida, a Purple 
Heart recipient from World War II.
  Inducted into the military on March 1, 1941, Mr. Loporto went to boot 
camp at Fort Dix, NJ, and received additional training at Fort Benning 
and Camp Gordon. Shipped overseas in late 1943 to Liverpool, England, 
Mr. Loporto was in the Battle of the Bulge on D-Day.
  Attached to the 4th Infantry Motorized Division in Belgium, Mr. 
Loporto was wounded in his shoulder by shrapnel in the Black Forest. He 
was taken to a hospital in Belgium and was transferred to a hospital in 
England when the Belgian hospital was hit by a B2 German bomber. Mr. 
Loporto received 4 months of medical treatment and was discharged from 
the military on November 4, 1945.
  Mr. Speaker, true American heroes like Agostino Loporto should be 
honored for their service to our Nation and for their commitment and 
sacrifices in battle. I am honored to present Mr. Loporto with his 
long-overdue Purple Heart. He is truly one of America's greatest 
generation.

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